Broom holder



F. H. STEINHEISERJ BROOM HOLDER..

1 ATION FILED 0CT-I8.192l

Patented July 18, 1922.

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BROOM 30mins.

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Application filed October is, 1921.

To (all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, FRANK H. STEIN- innsnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in Spokane County and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Broom Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improvements in broom holders designed for frictional attachment to a broom handle for serving as a support for hanging or suspending the broom from a wall or other convenient object. The primary purpose of the invention is the provision of such a device that is comparatively inexpensive in cost of production, simple in construction, and which may with convenience and facility be applied to a broom handle for use in connection therewith, and when the broom is worn the holder may readily be detached and applied to a new broom for continuous use. To this end the invention consists essentially in a split, resilient, me tallic ring adapted to be frictionally held on the broom handle and including novel means for holding the broom handle while the holder itself is supported or suspended on a nail, hook or other similar device.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention wherein the parts are combined and arranged according to the best mode I have thus far devised for the practical application of the principles of my invention.

Figure l is a perspective view of a'holder embodying the novel features of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged, detail, transverse sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing the frictional engaging members for retaining the holder on the broom handle.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the ring or holder.

Figure 4C is a view showing a broom with the holder therein to illustrate the relation of parts.

Figure 5 is a view showing the broom suspended from a nail, hook, or other device on a wall.

In the preferred form of the invention I utilize a split or interrupted ring 1 of suitable metal possessing the required resiliency Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July is, 1922.

Serial No. 508,587.

set 2 and key-hole slot 3 in the offset the I broom may be hung up or suspended by means of the slot on a nail or hook, as in Fig. 5.

To insure a close and tight grip of the holder or ring on the broom handle, the ring is provided with two series of annular slits 4 extending from the respective ends of the ring toward the offset portion 2, but terminating a short distance from the extremities of the respective ends of the ring. These slits extend transversely through the body of the ring and form tongues 5 in the resilient metal, and one edge of each of the tongues of the two series, preferably the upper edge at the inner side of the ring, is turned in to form a sharp rib or edge 6, similar to a knife edge. Thus when the split ring is forced over the free end of the handle Hthe ring is moved to desired position on the handle and the knife edges of the tongues are embedded in the periphery of the handle. If necessary, pressure may be applied to the ring, toward the free end of the handle, thus causing these projecting knifeedges to penetrate the wood handle sufliciently to hold the ring rigidly in place.

At 7 7, on the inner face of the ring between the annular slits and the offset 2, spurs may be struck up from the metal of the ring to assist in frictionally holding the ring in place.

From the above description, taken in connection with my drawings it will be apparent that I have provided a comparatively perfect device for performing its required functions, and one that fulfills the objects and purposes of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A broom holder comprising a split ring portion, said ring having opposed annular of resilient metal having a slotted offset series of slits forming tongues, and said f tongues having inturned sharpened edges for friotionally engaging a broom handle.

2. A broom holder comprising a split ring of resilient metal having an intermediate,

5 slotted offset portion, said ring having opposed series of annular slits located between the ends of the ring and said offset portion to form tongues, said tongues having inturned sharpened edges for friotionally engaging a broom handle, and spurs struck up from the face of the ring between said tongues and the offset portion.

In testimony whereof I a-ffiX my signature.

' FRANK H. STEINHEISER. 

